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JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 21, 2008 3:25 PM:

" VOA - Be passionate about your children...okay put them in sports and cheer them on. Sounds good to me. You say you never implied that gamers are not intelligent but then you imply just that by your last line; you are stereotyping all gamers into lazy couch potatos.

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VOA wrote on May 21, 2008 5:25 AM:

" Whoa! Jwill1583 "what should people be passionate about then?" How about yourself, or your kids. Better yourself. My point is that these two guys are so "passionate" about "their" baseball teams that they come to blows? Come on! It's baseball. A game. It's...a...game. Get it? And, I did not say people who play video games are not intelligent. You implied that. Now, go get yourself another bag of Cheetos and a Mountain Dew and plop yourself down in front of your video game until you can think of something intelligent to say.
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JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 16, 2008 1:06 PM:

" josh - good points but all southsidepride cares about is that they won in 2005. *L* Serously that's his only points on here. It's like dude, this is 2008 get over it. The White Sux suck now! : ) "

Sweetcheeks wrote on May 16, 2008 10:00 AM:

" I am not into sports very much but won't condem those who are. I am one of those nerdy gamers and yes I know some extremely intelligant people that play the online Rp games. They can rattle off all sorts of programming issues and I find them impressive. I built my own computer network at home and some of the things I learned came from other nerdy gamers. I say to each their own as long as it doesn't break the law or include violence. "

josh wrote on May 16, 2008 9:28 AM:

" To Southside Pride, let's see. Cubs 1st place 9 games over 500, White Sox second place right at 500. Hmm....Who's having the better year so far? Who is ranked number 1 in a lot of offensive categories. That's right-the Cubs!! Take a look at MLB.com-Cubs are 2nd, White Sox are 26th. Get with the Cubs program. "

Jwill1583 wrote on May 15, 2008 6:11 PM:

" wow voa, what's your problem? what should people be passionate about then? and last time i checked, about 40,000 people are at wrigley field when the the Cubs play. and oh wait, THAT"S OUTSIDE. if you don't care about sports then fine, go hang out with other anti sports people. and seriously, if i hear anyone else complain about video games i may scream. some of the smartest people i know are what you would call the "nerdy gamers". so please, get off it. "

Geez! wrote on May 14, 2008 10:40 PM:

" If you get in a fight over an argument about loser baseball teams in a pizza joint past 2am in a town that is stupid enough to call itself "uptown" and you require hospitalization..... you might be a redneck! "

Naranja wrote on May 14, 2008 9:00 AM:

" just a thought 2 wrote on May 13, 2008 9:39 PM:

" was the cub fan, steve bartman? "

If it was Steve Bartman, theyd be doing shots in the parking lot together. "

VOA wrote on May 14, 2008 7:08 AM:

" cubs win, cubs lose, sox win, sox lose. Year after year after year. Get it? it doesn't matter, and it certainly isn't worth fighting over. Sports are just a way to kill time, waste away your life watching them if you like. Same goes for video games. You'll wake up one day late in your life and wonder where all the time went. Pull yourself away from the television, and go do something. Maybe go outside. "

just a thought 2 wrote on May 13, 2008 9:39 PM:

" was the cub fan, steve bartman? "

michelle24 wrote on May 13, 2008 5:25 PM:

" Uh.. Turn the page--what was that? Cubs--1st place!! BOOYAH! "

Sweetcheeks wrote on May 13, 2008 1:29 PM:

" LOL Venture..too funny!
Seriously though, I am not a sports fan but these posts are great entertainment lol "

superdave wrote on May 9, 2008 11:05 PM:

" This is the kind of thing you would have expected in "downtown" Normal, not the upscale, snooty, classier "uptown" Normal! Good thing they made that change! "

southsidepride wrote on May 9, 2008 2:26 PM:

" WIRE TO WIRE. Again, when have the Cubs or Cards done that?? Knowing....you're right....nobody knows about the Sox. Not me, not the 3 million that showed up for the World Series parade, not the experts who picked them to win it all in '05. I feel sorry for you. GO SCRUBS. "

LOL Liberal (:-D) wrote on May 8, 2008 10:45 PM:

" What were they arguing about, which team is the biggest loser ever? "

knowing is half the battle wrote on May 7, 2008 10:20 PM:

" To Jimmy Choo. In regards to southsidepride. Jimmy Choo, you can't fight a battle of wits against an unnarmed opponent. Best to just ignore him. "

RealityCheck wrote on May 7, 2008 10:20 PM:

" Venture - LMAO!!
c.a.t.s - Did you see the comments? Posted by Whail "I must say the AP's headline writers cannot compare to DH. The headline should have read "Normal Man Attacked by White Sox Fan".

Another LMAO. "

B/N reader wrote on May 7, 2008 8:45 PM:

" Update: This story made the evening news on WEEK-25 news. "

cocoa wrote on May 7, 2008 8:16 PM:

" To Venture Bros. ~ I just laughed so hard I spit water all over my keyboard! Nice one! LOL. :)

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knowing is half the battle wrote on May 7, 2008 7:43 PM:

" To Zeva. You're absolutely right. Now we need to figure out how to seperate the men from the little boys here. In other news, I know people like to bash the Cubs asking when was the last time they won a World Series? Okay, it's been a 100 years. Well, pretty soon it'll be a 100 years since the Sox were famous outside a five block radius of Comiskey. That was when they got busted for gambling and lost half their roster. They should try that again. Not great for the team but at least it got people to know they existed. "

c.a.t.s. wrote on May 7, 2008 6:03 PM:

" this story made yahoo news under team tracker on the MLB page.. i think the two should have to attend a cardnial game together but then again there are laws against cruel and unusual punishment... "

turn the page wrote on May 7, 2008 4:35 PM:

" to michelle 24: In other news, Cubs dropped one today 9-0 and the Cards are up 3 games over them. The only thing the Cubs rule is the bottom of the division come October. And the Cards drool because it's hard work being so good! Ha! We'll see you in July! The holiday weekend will have lots of Red, White, (celebrating Cards fans) and Blue (disappointed Cubs fans) with plenty of St Louis Fireworks to celebrate the Cardinals win! "

Zeva wrote on May 7, 2008 4:14 PM:

" How to seperate men from "little boys", men discuss, little boys argue and fight. Let's hope they grow up and learn something from this and teach their kids to be men. "

B/N reader wrote on May 7, 2008 3:37 PM:

" To Venture bros. : LMAO. To everyone else. What really counts in baseball is who is busy and working in October. The rest is just practice. And yes, I am a Cubs fan. Hope to see them playin in october this year. Hope the fan who got pushed is doing okay too. "

JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 7, 2008 3:23 PM:

" Knowing - Right on! Some morons like southsidepride thinks it's pretty cool to beat up people because they like this team or that team. Real cool!

By the way southsidepride I have been to Cominskey twice, not impressed. And it's 2008, who cares what happened in 2005. They suck right now but they may be great later in the season. You should agree with me on that but I can tell by your comments you are too immature to agree with anyone and me even explaining this to you is like trying to talk to a brick wall. : )

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the fox wrote on May 7, 2008 3:19 PM:

" Share the passion. Show the swagger. "

Country Boy wrote on May 7, 2008 3:13 PM:

" this is great stuff!! who needs the actual paper, just let them all type opinions and I will sit and read it all day!!
whats the next topic, paper or plastic?
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michelle24 wrote on May 7, 2008 3:04 PM:

" Hey, "justme50"---enjoy it, it won't last long!! :) "

southsidepride wrote on May 7, 2008 2:52 PM:

" Big ups to BIG E. The lovable losers eat their own as much as any team around. I almost wish by some miracle of God that they would win one this year so nobody has to listen to their uneducated "fans" use the "this is the year" crap anymore. "

southsidepride wrote on May 7, 2008 2:21 PM:

" Hey JimmyChoochoo gay....I mean guy. I mean girl. The White Sox went wire to wire in '05...when's the last time the Cards or Cubs did that??? Oh, that's right....NEVER. Pull your head out and go see a game at a state of the art park instead of wasting your money on little league baseball in a pony league park. The Scrubs are as terrible as ever.....it's only May, stay tuned...they'll blow it like always. "

knowing is half the battle wrote on May 7, 2008 2:10 PM:

" And to those arguing about whether or not you're immature for being this age and a sports fan. No, you're not. But you are immature for being this age and being a sports fan and taking part in this kind of behavior. "

Milk was a bad choice wrote on May 7, 2008 2:10 PM:

" Well at least if the Sox fan has to go to jail he will be prepared for it since it probably won't be his first time there...or his last. "

knowing is half the battle wrote on May 7, 2008 2:09 PM:

" This is why if I'm out after 2am I just plain don't argue with other people, period! As for the Sox Fan, well, you have to admit, Ozzie Guillen is kind of setting an example for this kind of behavior with his rants lately. By lately I mean the last ten years. "

Poster Boy wrote on May 7, 2008 1:07 PM:

" I just hope that wasn't the Cubs' window of opportunity that's now smashed all over the sidewalk. "

Venture Bros. wrote on May 7, 2008 1:00 PM:

" Hint : If you are drunk, without a woman and arguing over baseball @ 2:12am your exit from the gene pool is imminent. "

Gunner wrote on May 7, 2008 12:58 PM:

" My vote is to give the Sox fan a medal of honor. "

JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 7, 2008 12:51 PM:

" ml - So once you gradute high school you are dumb and immature if you are a sports fan. UM OKAY! So do you not go to the movies because you did that in highschool? *L* Do you not go to concerts, plays, sporting events of any kind? What do you do then? Sit at home wishing you were cool enough to be out actually DOING something? Sports are great for excersice, stress relivers, entertainment, etc. Can you say LOSER? Shadow - that goes for you too. : )

Southside pride - you are really cool. (eyes are rolling). Wrigley Field is a national icon whether you want to acknowledge it or not.

Their are dumb sports fans everywhere, not just Chicago so stop arguing over who has the worst fans or who has the better team, there will be no winners in this argument. All that matters is what is happening now. The White Sux, I mean Sox are horrible, The Cubs are doing pretty well and The Cards are killing it. Want to argue with that? "

justme50 wrote on May 7, 2008 12:36 PM:

" hey michelle24: Apparently, CARDS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are #1. "

southsidepride wrote on May 7, 2008 12:19 PM:

" Hey Bud Man....Harry's long gone, the Scrubs haven't won anything worth mentioning in a century and your ballpark is not a national icon...it's more like a rundown sandlot with 40,000 drunks waiting day by day for yet another collapse. As far as this kid throwing another guy thru a window and the two scumbags who took out the base coach....just goes to show that you don't mess with the South Side. "

Big E wrote on May 7, 2008 12:04 PM:

" It appears Bud Man has a selective memory and has forgotten the image of Wrigley security tackling the guy charging the mound to take out Bobby Howry. Or maybe he's forgotten Jaques Jones' claims of batteries and other objects being fired at his head by the Cub faithful from the bleachers. "

ml wrote on May 7, 2008 11:47 AM:

" Hey Shadow, I agree that sports fans are the dumbest of our species. They blab on and on about crap that means nothing, and may as well hold a "I never grew up and left high school behind" sign 24/7! "

foreverillini07 wrote on May 7, 2008 11:04 AM:

" why can't weeeee be friends, why can't weeeeeee be friends? "

JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 7, 2008 10:48 AM:

" The Prof - haha

Cub Fan - Bud Man - I LOVE YOUR NAME!!! : ) "

Cub Fan - Bud Man wrote on May 7, 2008 10:35 AM:

" Now there's a shock....a White Sox fan acting unruly! I still can't get the thought of the father-son combo that charged the field and brutally beat a first base coach just so that they could get on TV. "

TheProf wrote on May 7, 2008 10:27 AM:

" go figure the cubs fan would loose the fight....cant break tradition and win anything... "

JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 7, 2008 10:15 AM:

" Shadow - go back to living in the shadows while the rest of us enjoy the pleasures of life, like playing sports and watching sports. Just because you don't enjoy something or are bitter because you aren't good enough to play, doesn't mean the rest of can't partake and still lead active fun lives. "

noogie wrote on May 7, 2008 10:11 AM:

" Nice to see they're discussing something of such great importance. "

bored wrote on May 7, 2008 9:56 AM:

" All three area teams suck. Go Mets! "

Shadow wrote on May 7, 2008 9:47 AM:

" Sports fans are the dumbest of our species. Live your own lives and stop trying to live vicariously through paid athletes. "

Josh wrote on May 7, 2008 9:47 AM:

" Cubs are doing excellent this year-Sox are going down hill. Makes sense the Sox fan is upset. To Turn the Page-we'll see next time-Cubs will beat the pants off the Cards the rest of the season!! "

Poster Boy wrote on May 7, 2008 9:15 AM:

" Booze induced? Perhaps. But maybe the perp really was angry because they messed up his order and he got cinna-styx instead of cheesy- styx, so he decided to take it out on the nearest person - who happened to be a Cub fan. "

michelle24 wrote on May 7, 2008 8:58 AM:

" Cubs rule! Cards drool!! HAHA, turn the page! :) "

Ekim wrote on May 7, 2008 8:58 AM:

" Yeah let me hear from you worthless parents about how great it is to push your kids into sports 24/7 and how great it is for them and us all? Parents stopped being parents about 20 years ago. "

JimmyChooGirl wrote on May 7, 2008 8:54 AM:

" boyless55 - I think you are on to something about thumbilina. She never has anything witty, smart or factual to say except that "alcohol is bad", no matter what the topic. Even if it said they weren't drinking she'd probably assume they were. *L* "

Country Boy wrote on May 7, 2008 8:14 AM:

" HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!
"

boyles55 wrote on May 7, 2008 8:09 AM:

" thumbilina u must hate alcohol it sounds to me u have ur own issues with it. ur trying to push the blame on the alcohol not the two individuals. "

DonH wrote on May 7, 2008 8:00 AM:

" Well at least he didn't try to run anyone over like that crazy girl did in New York! "

thumbilina wrote on May 7, 2008 7:46 AM:

" Alcohol again...and alot of men are bad when it comes to sports anyways, so add drinks to it..and thes is what u gets...stupidity "

turn the page wrote on May 7, 2008 7:41 AM:

" The Cubs aren't even worth fighting for, and the Sox aren't worth defending! Go Cards!! "

protohooman wrote on May 7, 2008 4:46 AM:

" Dumb. "

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